The activity set that I would choose is the ‘Space and Aliens’ activity set.
Having focused on the planets from Module 2, I feel like following up learning all about the planets with space and aliens would tie in really well.
I would introduce the topic to the children by reading the poem ‘I’d like to meet an Alien’ by Kenn Nesbitt’. We will chat about the poem and the children can share their thoughts on it.
The children will then be given opportunity to create their own alien, I will give them some simple questions before they start to get their imaginations flowing eg. ‘ how many eyes’, ‘how many legs’ , ‘what colour’ is you alien. The children then paint their aliens before recreating them using modeling clay are various other materials, pipe cleaners, googly eyes etc. For circle time the children can introduce their alien to the class, telling everyone their aliens name, what they like to eat and using the knowledge they have from learning about the planets, they can tell us what planet their alien comes from.
We would the discuss what they think aliens would be amazed by if they ever arrived on planet earth. Would they understand our language? Would like like our food? Would they have ever felt water before?
Throughout the week I would also read the books ‘Aliens love Underpants’ and ‘The Smeds and the Smoos’.